Shipping crate or case.



J. M. PORTER.

SHIPPING CRATE OR CASE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 13, 1907.

909,664, Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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JESSE M. PORTER, OF CUYAHOGA'FALLS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF `OYE-HALF TO DUNCAN R.

` MCAFEE, OF CUYAHOGA' FALLS, OI-IIO.

SHIPYING CRATE OR CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application lad July 13, 1907. Serial No. 383,590.

To all 107mm. 'i t may concern:

Be it known thatl I, JESSE M. PORTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cuyahoga Falls. in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shipping Crates or Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shipping crates or cases, comprehending specitically a crate or case adapted for shipping various kinds of fruits and vegetables, bottled goods and beverages, and various other articles, and which shall be strong and durable in construction. light in weight. and inexpensive of production.

The object. of my invention is to provide a novel construction whereby a crate or case embodying these desirable advantages may be maliufactured from a cheap material, such as strawboard, and shall be stift' and strong enough to prevent buckling or breaking and sustain the rough wear and uses to which containers of this character are customarily subjected.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the body of a shipping case or crate embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the paper blank from which the body is made. Fig. 4 is a section through a portion of the blank showing the form of the crimp on the fold line between adjacent sections. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the angle construction of the angle formed when the sections are bent into form along the line of the crimp.

In carrying my invention into practice, a box or receptacle of rectangular or oblong rectangular form is provided and comprises a bottom 1, side walls 2 and end walls 3,

made from the form of blank shown in Fig. 3,'

cut out from waterproof strawboard or some other suitable equivalent strong. stii and durable paper or material. The. side walls?. are bent at right angles to the bottom and provided along their end edges with inwardly extending flanges 4 which lap over upon the inner sides of the end walls 3, which are formed along their end edges with corresponding {ianges 5, the flanges 4 being secured to the walls3 and the flanges 5 to the walls 2 by staples or rivets 6, thereby fastening the walls firmly and securely together at the corners of the box. It will be observed that this construction forms a double fastening connection at. each corner, which e adds materially to the strength and stability of the box. The end Walls 3 are provided with hand holes formed by slitting the same segmentally, as indicated at 7, leaving flaps 8, adapted-to be turned inwardly along theirupper marginal edges denoted by the dotted lines 9, the flaps serving to normally close the openings so formed, while being capable of heilig readily bent inward to permit of the insertion of the hands in grasping, lifting and transporting the box. 'heu the flaps are turned inwardly. they also serve as guardsl forming smooth surfaces against which the lingers or palms o't' the hands may bear to prevent ehaling or indentations of the Hesh liable to be caused by contact of the hand with a narrow upper wall or surface liable to be roughened by frequent handling.

In order to enable the box to be formed from a single piece of material, as represented by the blank in Fig. 3, without weakening the material by slitting it along the lines of bend or fold at the intersections of the portions of the blank, the material composing the blank is crimped between the meeting edges of the several sections of the body of the blank and between the side and end walls and their flanges. 'lhese crimps are produced preferably by the action of beading rolls whereby the material is displaced to form upon the inner fare thereof a narrow' groove or channel, the. displaced portion of the material being olf-set. externally in the form of a rib or bead, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. The respective portions of the blank are then bent at right angles to form the completed box so that at the junction of all the portions angular corners 1l will be produced, such angular corner portions being disposed diagonally o'r obliquely to the adjacent right angnlarly disposed portions or walls. By this construction. the blank is adapted to be folded to form the body of the box without bending it at a sharp angle and rendering it. liable to break or weakening it along the lines of fold by scoring, and a corner or junction angle is at the same time provided which materially strengthens -and stitcns the box at all the corner portions and points of junction of the walls with each other, thus increasing the strength and durability of the box to a marked degree. This is an important feature of my invention, as by its use the box may not onlfy be more easily and convenientlykbent or olded into shape but the beaded corners enable a box of maximum strength to be maderfrom a sheet material of the character mentioned, without the fragility of boxes of this kind heretofore devised. As a result of the em- -ployment of the beaded joints and double corner fastenings, va box is provided which is strong, stiff and durable enough to withstand t e roughest kind of usage without liability of buckling or collapsing while in storage or transit.

Runner strips 12 of wood or other suitable material are secured to the bottom of the box and extend longitudinally thereof. These strips hold the box spaced a desirable distanceV from the surface of the floor or ground, and also enable the box to be slid p without liability of injury.

If desired, partitions 13 and y14 Vof any preferred type and arrangement may be provided upon the exterior of the box to divide the same into any desired number of cells or compartments for holding boxed or bottled goods of any desired nature. vThe box without the partitions may, however, be used for storing and shipping purposes, and in prac- 'strengthening external beads or ytice any suitabletype of cover maybe em'- tom, side and end wa 1s provided with i flanges at the side edges thereof, the respective walls being separated from each other and from their flanges by intervening parallel lon itudinal' crimps formed by outwardly isplacing the material to provide grooves upon their interior surfaces andy curved beads or offsets upon their exterior surfaces,-said walls being bent up at right angles to the bottom along the lines of the crimps between the same and bottom, and said flanges bei bent at right angles to the walls along IEe lines of the intervening crimps, and arranged to overlap the walls at the corners ofthe box, thus producing offsets at the angles of intersection of all portions of the box, and walls at each corner of the box and on opposite sides of the corner angles.

In testimony whereof, I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y

JESSE M. PORTER; Witnesses:

F. E. Fox, Enw. P. SCHNABEL.

and fastenings uniting the flangesV 

